Owari

Release Date: 2017-06-16

Developer: Brian Franco

Genres: Indie

Price: 2.09

Owari is a variant of Mancala where players strategically attempt to capture stones from their opponents row.Easy to learn hard to masterOwari is a very simple game at its core: grab the stones in a pit sow them around the board. Landing in a pit with 2 or 3 will result in some points. First to 25 points wins. The game includes a tutorial to get you through the basics.Practice makes perfectOwari will come with 3 levels of AI difficulty that should offer up different levels of challenge to the player. The easy AI will greedily attempt to capture all that it can without much regard to defense while the medium AI is a little more careful about leaving itself open. Finally the hard AI will attempt to think one step ahead in order to defeat the more advanced players.Two is better than oneBe it local or online Owari will allow you to play with a friend (or stranger) with its different multiplayer modes. If youre playing online you can choose from hosting a private lobby for a friend or waiting/joining a match in the public lobby.Extra InfoOwari was heavily inspired by the DOS game "Wari: The Ancient Game of Africa" redone with a modern aesthetic. It is meant to be a very simple play-it-during-your-break sort of game. Special thanks to Rachel Franco and Marius Ioan for their help in testing and debugging.